MLiP Wednesday: No comments from the Peanut Gallery

January 16, 2013

I was sitting at the dining table the other day, working on some things and there was this fancy, embossed-glass pie plate in front of me, laden with salted, roasted, in-shell peanuts, tempting me. I love salted, roasted, in-shell peanuts. I yielded to temptation and I annihilated those peanuts. Then I thought, “I should take a picture.” Perhaps it’s a bit morbid, this photo of empty husks laying in a heap… dried out and desiccated like little mummies waiting to be dumped into the unmarked grave of the compost bin. Mmm, delicious, little mummies. Morbid or not – I like the photo, and that’s what matters.

I’m quite proud of how this turned out, though it is much more impressive to see on a 20″ monitor. Originally I took this in color. I was going to go for black and white, but I didn’t get there because I really liked how sepia turned out. I cropped the original to what you see here. And there you go.

My gear: Canon 30D with a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II

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12 responses to “MLiP Wednesday: No comments from the Peanut Gallery”

Strange Tripster

January 16, 2013

Nice description!

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1. musingsoftheamusingmuse
  
  January 16, 2013
  
  HA! Thanks. Sometimes I do good work. 😉
  
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sassycoupleok

January 16, 2013

Actually that’s pretty cool. I too like to play around with camera and it’s always fun trying to find a new way to shoot a subject/model or an object to portray it in a different light or setting.

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1. musingsoftheamusingmuse
  
  January 16, 2013
  
  Thank you! I believe in beauty in all things… even the mundane or “ugly”. Often the “ugly” are the most interesting. A photographer, with whom I’m friends, has a passion for broken-down, dilapidated buildings. https://www.facebook.com/photography.by.tidy?fref=ts
  
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  1. sassycoupleok
    
    January 16, 2013
    
    Yes he has some very interesting work there. Looks like a lot of fun but I know some of that is actually a lot of work to get what you want. I have shot the same pic 10-12 times with different settings or light trying to get something that to me is unique.
    
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    1. musingsoftheamusingmuse
      
      January 16, 2013
      
      Yep – I agree with you on that. I don’t know if there are many photographers who could turn out the exact same image time and time again.
Life With The Top Down

January 16, 2013

Not many people can say they captured the annihilation of their peanuts. It’s amazing!!

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1. musingsoftheamusingmuse
  
  January 16, 2013
  
  I like to think that they died for a good cause…
  
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  1. Life With The Top Down
    
    January 16, 2013
    
    Hahahahaha!
    
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Heather aka Sugar Free

January 16, 2013

I also have a weakness for the delicious goodness that is salted, in-shell peanuts! And the photo is fabulous! I really like it!

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1. musingsoftheamusingmuse
  
  January 16, 2013
  
  Thank you, Heather! LOL I just need a stiff drink (or the nearest gluten-free beer) and salted, in-shell peanuts… and I’m good. I could pretty much live on that alone. Okay, I would enjoy salad and fruit, too.
  
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March 4, 2013

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